How much rifle do you have to have..............

[Dusty Miller]

How much rifle does it take to punch thru a piece of 1" plywood at ten feet?  My guess is that a 375 H&H loaded with a 300 gr. bullet at 2700 fps would do it.

[sniperVLS]

ummm

is this a serious question?

LOL

[Greybeard]

Can't help but think Dusty's meds ran out.  :-D

A .22LR is most likely going to go thru with ease, so yeah I'd guess a .375 H&H would too.

[1911crazy]

Ok I can sum this up we had an old pump pellet gun that would go thru a 1 3/4" door if you pumped it up many times the more you pump it the more power it had.   Me and my older brother once were taking long shots with rifles to see if we could do it accurately he made a 140yd shot and hit a tree dead on with an '06 then i took my 338win.mag. and nailed about an 18" tree at 170yds and it went right thru it.  At first he laughed at me that i missed but when i told him to look around the back of it, it was splintered out from the 250gr bullet exactly opposite my POA.  The 338win.mag. has 4,000ft.lbs. @ the muzzle and it still has the muzzle energy of an '06(2,800ft.lbs.) @ 200yds. so when it hit the tree it still had 1.5 tons of energy its very close to a 300win.mag(ballastics) except for the bullet weight.  Now with 1" plywood your kidding us right??  Needless to say we didn't argue about accuracy from that day on.              BigBill

[Mauser]

I'm not sure if the 375 H&H burns enough powder or has enough bullet weight to get through.  I think you're looking at a 458 Lott, minimum, to get through.

[poncaguy]

I have a pellet rifle that if you pump it 10 pumps and use a BB instead of a pellet, it will.......

[Eddie in Delta]

One time I shot most of the way through a telephone pole (laying out in the boonies, not a "live" one) with my 300 WM using 150 grain soft points.  That was when I began to have true confidence in that rifle.

Eddie

[Ramrod]

I have shot .22 CB caps through a 2x4 on the 2" side, (nominally 1-5/8"), so I don't doubt a good pellet rifle can't puncture the plywood. I only have a cheap Daisy pellet gun, though.
Dusty Miller, If I get really bored this weekend, I'll try my .375 on a sheet or two and let you know if they went through. But I only get 2500 fps. from the Nosler Partitions in the Federal Cape-Shocks I have laying around. Maybe if I'm  Really bored, I'll load up some Hornady FMJ's and see if they make it through.
P.S. This thread was obviously created to prove that those who respond have too much time on their hands.  I'm dealing with a back problem right now, what is everyone elses excuse?

[Redhawk1]

That sounds like a big job for a 375H&H.    :-D  :grin:  

[magnum308]

Dusty,

Many years ago we conducted some tests with 1" thick mild steel at 100 yards.

The result, if I remember rightly was that .270Win 130 gr SP bullet loaded to around factory ballistics (3,140 fps) penetrated .75" and the .308 Norma Mag 180 gr SP loaded to 3,100 fps (equivalent to the Norma factory loading then) penetrated the entire 1". This would be similar performance to the .300 Win Mag.

As for 1" plywood at 10 feet, I agree with Greybeard, that .22LR would do it with ease.

Magnum308

[Rogue Ram]

a few years back my farmer pal dug out a big plastic barrel that I guess used to hold some type of fertilizer, something on the order of 55 gallons.  We filled it with water, sealed it, put it on its side, and stood back about 25 yards........

The gun was a Sako .375 HH loaded with 300 grain Nosler Partitions. My pal let er fly.....he shot it lengthwise, and the entire back end of the barrel blew out!  The geyser of water was impressive! We found the perfectly mushroomed bullet sitting at the end of the barrel on the ground.......the total length the bullet passed through would be easily 3 feet, closer to 4, but I haven't measured a 55 gal drum lately.

RR

[borg1]

I don't think any rifle would go through a 1" piece of plywood at 10 yards, that is, throwing like spear.   :-D  :-D

Yeah, a .22 should do it in the conventional manner...

[buffalobob]

Shot placement will be critical.  Wounded plywood will charge.

[glock29]

I'm gonna have to agree with Mauser here....too much wood for the 375 H&H; better get out that 458 Lott to stop those charging 1" sheets of plywood.  :-D  :twisted:  :roll:

Seriously, if 1" of plywood would stop a 375 H&H dontcha think you would see a lot more WOODEN armor used by the military/police instead of Kevlar or metal/composite reactive smart armor ?
The price would be astronomically less.  :twisted:

[Questor]

In my opinion, after shooting sixteen different brands of plywood over a period of thirty years, the .416 Rigby is noticeably more effective than the .375 H&H, although a .375 Weatherby is nearly as effective as the .416. It doesn't hurt, however, to have a stopping double rifle when shooting plywood because of the advantages of having two aimed shots without without need to manually reload. The bigger bore and heavier bullet also practically guarantees penetration so long as an adequate bullet is used. I prefer the Barnes solids when I'm using my .470 plywood rifle.

Today's plywood is simply tougher than the plywood than was shot 50 years ago. The 375H&H has become, in my opinion, a marginal caliber for 1" plywood.  Mind you, although it is marginal, the venerable H&H remains on the right side of the margin.  I can honestly say that I have never had to follow up a wounded sheet of plywood after shooting it with anything heavier than the .375 H&H.  My recommendation is to pick one of the .416s.

[Vern Humphrey]

I think the only way to answer this question is for someone to stand on the other side and watch to see if the bullet comes out. :wink:

[Cougarz]

:roll: Whew, you can sure tell it's been a looong stretch between hunting seasons! :roll: